Michael Watterson

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Watterson is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Watterson has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 10 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 3 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Watterson's work include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (9 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (8 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (3 papers). Michael Watterson is often cited by papers focused on Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (9 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (8 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (3 papers). Michael Watterson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and China. Michael Watterson's co-authors include Sikang Liu, Ke Sun, Kartik Mohta, Vijay Kumar, Yash Mulgaonkar, Camillo J. Taylor, Vijay Kumar, Bernd Pfrommer, Camillo J. Taylor and Subhrajit Bhattacharya and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and Journal of Field Robotics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Watterson

13 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Robust Stereo Visual Inertial Odometry for Fast Autonomous Flight

2018 386 citations Ke Sun, Kartik Mohta et al. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters profile →
Planning Dynamically Feasible Trajectories for Quadrotors Using Safe Flight Corridors in 3-D Complex Environments

2017 355 citations Sikang Liu, Michael Watterson et al. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Watterson United States	11	886	804	210	163	144	13	1.1k
Slawomir Grzonka Germany	11	841 0.9×	692 0.9×	176 0.8×	232 1.4×	131 0.9×	13	1.1k
Sikang Liu United States	12	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	323 1.5×	164 1.0×	161 1.1×	18	1.5k
Helen Oleynikova Switzerland	14	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	189 0.9×	69 0.4×	118 0.8×	19	1.4k
Ruijie He United States	10	844 1.0×	693 0.9×	138 0.7×	135 0.8×	104 0.7×	18	1.0k
Teodor Tomić Germany	11	729 0.8×	603 0.8×	303 1.4×	108 0.7×	62 0.4×	14	1.1k
Michael Achtelik Germany	11	679 0.8×	520 0.6×	273 1.3×	139 0.9×	65 0.5×	11	911
Yufeng Yue China	17	511 0.6×	519 0.6×	133 0.6×	120 0.7×	73 0.5×	85	844
Tung Dang United States	15	689 0.8×	647 0.8×	132 0.6×	70 0.4×	77 0.5×	22	882
Sören Schwertfeger China	18	745 0.8×	630 0.8×	114 0.5×	130 0.8×	234 1.6×	77	1.1k
Titus Cieslewski Switzerland	13	557 0.6×	502 0.6×	120 0.6×	122 0.7×	84 0.6×	20	771

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Watterson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Watterson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Watterson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Watterson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Watterson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Watterson. Michael Watterson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Watterson, Michael, Sikang Liu, Ke Sun, Trey Smith, & Vijay Kumar. (2020). Trajectory optimization on manifolds with applications to quadrotor systems. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 39(2-3). 303–320. 24 indexed citations

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Mohta, Kartik, et al.. (2018). Inertial Velocity and Attitude Estimation for Quadrotors. 34. 1–9. 12 indexed citations

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Watterson, Michael, Sikang Liu, Ke Sun, Trey Smith, & Vijay Kumar. (2018). Trajectory Optimization On Manifolds with Applications to SO(3) and R3XS2. 10 indexed citations

4.

Sun, Ke, Kartik Mohta, Bernd Pfrommer, et al.. (2018). Robust Stereo Visual Inertial Odometry for Fast Autonomous Flight. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(2). 965–972. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mohta, Kartik, et al.. (2018). Inertial Velocity and Attitude Estimation for Quadrotors: Supplementary Material. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 2 indexed citations

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Mohta, Kartik, Ke Sun, Sikang Liu, et al.. (2018). Experiments in Fast, Autonomous, GPS-Denied Quadrotor Flight. 7832–7839. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Sikang, Michael Watterson, Kartik Mohta, et al.. (2017). Planning Dynamically Feasible Trajectories for Quadrotors Using Safe Flight Corridors in 3-D Complex Environments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2(3). 1688–1695. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mohta, Kartik, et al.. (2017). Estimation, control, and planning for high speed flight with a quadrotor using on-board sensing. 1 indexed citations

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Mohta, Kartik, Michael Watterson, Yash Mulgaonkar, et al.. (2017). Fast, autonomous flight in GPS‐denied and cluttered environments. Journal of Field Robotics. 35(1). 101–120. 136 indexed citations

10.

Liu, Sikang, Michael Watterson, Sarah Tang, & Vijay Kumar. (2016). High speed navigation for quadrotors with limited onboard sensing. 1484–1491. 63 indexed citations

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Watterson, Michael, Trey Smith, & Vijay Kumar. (2016). Smooth trajectory generation on SE(3) for a free flying space robot. 49. 5459–5466. 10 indexed citations

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Loianno, Giuseppe, Michael Watterson, & Vijay Kumar. (2016). Visual inertial odometry for quadrotors on SE(3). 1544–1551. 37 indexed citations

13.

Watterson, Michael & Vijay Kumar. (2015). Safe receding horizon control for aggressive MAV flight with limited range sensing. 3235–3240. 35 indexed citations

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